Amanda Nunes Hospitalized, Out Of UFC 213

UPDATE: MMA Junkie reports that a bantamweight bout between Rob Font and Douglas Silva de Andrade has been moved from the early preliminary card to the main card. The change was made after the main event was cancelled.

Original: MMA Junkie reports that UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) has been hospitalized and her main event fight with Valentina Shevchenko (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has been canceled. Robert Whitaker (18-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) vs. Yoel Romero (12-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC) for the interim middleweight title will now main event the PPV card tonight. The event happens at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Preliminary fights air on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Dana White confirmed the news and revealed that UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk offered to take Nunes’ place.

Amanda Nunes has been feeling ill this week. She's currently in the hospital. Tonight's main event is in jeopardy. No official word yet.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 8, 2017

Just spoke with @danawhite, and he said @joannamma was begging him to step in and take the fight. NSAC would never allow, but #gangster. https://t.co/Len2uQg0wM

— John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) July 8, 2017

Here’s the card:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Yoel Romero vs. Robert Whittaker – for interim middleweight title
Curtis Blaydes vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
Jim Miller vs. Anthony Pettis
Rob Font vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Travis Browne vs. Aleksei Oleinik
Brian Camozzi vs. Chad Laprise
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos
Jordan Mein vs. Belal Muhammad

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6 p.m. ET)
Cody Stamann vs. Terrion Ware
James Bochnovic vs. Trevin Giles